Abstract: The “double reduction” policy has brought primary school teachers, in particular to female teachers a general job burnout such as emotional exhaustion, dehumanization, and low sense of achievement. From the perspective of gender, it can be found that many fresh female graduates, due to the psychological factors of “attachment to men” and the fear of “gender discrimination” in the labor market, voluntarily choose to become primary school teachers. Their work contradictions have been gradually exposed under the strong impact of the “double reduction” reform and there comes a decrease in recognition of this profession among male authorities, resulting in a gradual loss of their professional identity. Most female teachers, for the current unsatisfied labor market, have little hope of re-employment. Thus, they are more vulnerable to the impact of this policy, and their job burnout aggravates in the double dilemma posed by self and the society.

Key words: double reduction policy, primary school teachers, job burnout, gender perspective